HONOLULU, HAWAU ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF HONOLULU 1990, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FEES FOR CERTAIN PERMITS AND SERVICES ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING. BE IT ORDAINED by the People of the City and County of Honolulu: SECTION 1. Purpose and intent. The purpose of this Ordinance is to amend the fees or fee schedules contained in Chapters 6, 18 and 23, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990, as amended, with the intent to recover a greater share of the costs related to the processing and administering of confirmations and clearances related to zoning and shoreline structures, including various technical and non-substantive amendments. SECTION 2. Section 6-41.1, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990, as amended ( Fee schedule ), is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) The fees set forth in the following schedule for applications under Chapter 21 and for variances therefrom shall be paid upon application: Type of Application Fee (1) Zone change (2) Cluster housing (3) Conditional use permit (major) (4) Major project in special districts and downtown building heights in excess of 350 feet (5) Plan review use (6) Planned development housing $600.00, plus $225.00 per acre or major fraction, up to a maximum of $12,000.00 BFSDPPFEESORD.B1 3 1 MM~
ORDINANCE CITY COUNCIL (7) Special districts: establishment of, or amendment to (8) Conditional use permit (minor) (9) Existing use (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) Exempt project in special districts Minor project in special districts Waiver Zoning adjustment Signs--estimated value of work (A) $.Olto$500.00 (B) $500.01 to $1,000.00 (C) Zoning variance $1,000.01 and above Nonconforming use certificate renewal Minor modifications (A) To approved cluster housing permit; conditional use permit (major); plan review use; planned development-housing permit, planned development-commercial, and planned development-resort; major projects in special districts, and downtown building heights in excess of 350 feet (B) To conditional use permit (minor); existing use; exclusive agriculture site approval; agricultural site development plan waiver and zoning adjustment (18) [Site] Agricultural site development plan, plus $150.00 per acre or major No permit fee required 300.00 $18.00 $35.00 $70.00 $600.00 $400.00 $150.00 2
ORDINANCE (19) Planned Development-Commercial and Planned Development-Resort (20) Written zoning clearance or confirmation~and flood hazard district interpretation (21) Temporary use approval (22) Exclusive agriculture site approval (23) Flood variance (24) Zoning district boundary adjustment (25) Appeals to zoning board of appeals and contested case hearings $15,000.00 [$50.00] $150.00 per request or for each tax map key when multiple parcels are involved; or per tax map key for requests involving confirmation of nonconforming status $200.00 SECTION 3. Section 18-6.1, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990, as amended ( Plan review fees ), is amended to read as follows: (a) When a plan or other data is required to be submitted by Section 18-4.2 a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting plans and specifications for review. Such plan review fee shall be [50] 20 percent of a tentative building permit fee establish from Table No. 18-A, set out at the end of this chapter, based upon a preliminary estimated valuation of work, but not greater than [$2,500] $25,000.00. Plan review fees shall be in addition to the building permit fee. (b) Exception. Plan review fees shall not be required for building permit applications for fences, retaining walls, swimming pools, [Group R-3 occupancies, work within individual units of Group R-1 occupancies,] driveways, or for any similar [other] work [having a valuation of not more than $50,000.00,] performed for any [government] ~y agency. 3
ORDINANCE CITY COUNCIL BILL 15 (2013) SECTION 4. Section 23-1.12, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990, as amended ( Variance application fee ), is amended by adding a subsection (c) to read as follows: Lc). When a request for a written clearance regarding compliance with the shoreline setback ordinance or confirmation regarding the nonconforming status of a shoreline structure is submitted for processing, the fee shall be per tax map key. SECTION 5. Ordinance material to repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing this Ordinance for inclusion in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, the revisor of ordinances need not include the brackets, the bracketed material, or the underscoring. 4
ORDINANCE SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. ln~ (br) DATE OF INTRODUCTION: Honolulu, Hawaii Council members APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: Deputy Corporation Counsel APPROVED this day of 20 KIRK CALDWELL, Mayor City and County of Honolulu 5